Living Journey

The clock has been around for awhile, since 1947… and as time ticks by, the minute hand changes as the world goes through whatever it goes through. At the beginning of this year the minute hand on this clockhas moved closer to what the Nobel Laureates (a roundtable of scientists) call the dreaded “Doomsday”, where midnight represents “catastrophic destruction”

“Doomsday Clock” Moves Two Minutes Closer To Midnight 17 January 2007 On January 17, 2007, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock two minutes closer to midnight. It is now 5 minutes to midnight. Reflecting global failures to solve the problems posed by nuclear weapons and the climate crisis, the decision by the Bulletin’s Board of Directors was made in consultation with the Bulletin’s Board of Sponsors, which includes 18 Nobel Laureates.

In a statement supporting the decision to move the hand of the Doomsday Clock, the Bulletin Board focused on two major sources of catastrophe: the perils of 27,000 nuclear weapons, 2,000 of them ready to launch within minutes; and the destruction of human habitats from climate change.

The Bulletin statement explains: “We stand at the brink of a second nuclear age. Not since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has the world faced such perilous choices. North Korea’s recent test of a nuclear weapon, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a renewed emphasis on the military utility of nuclear weapons, the failure to adequately secure nuclear materials, and the continued presence of some 26,000 nuclear weapons in the United States and Russia are symptomatic of a failure to solve the problems posed by the most destructive technology on Earth.”

Here is a complete “timeline” that documents the movement of the “Doomsday Clock”.

Well, after reading this article… I am a right nutter; I have always suspected it anyway. Perhaps you are a nutter too without realising it…

If you are a Christian, and you believe that Bible prophecy is being fulfilled in this generation, then you are probably the oddball in your church.
In fact, scratch ‘probably’. It is pretty much a dead-bang certainty that you are. It is fascinating to me that a person can be pro-choice, anti-Israel, pro-gay marriage, and be labeled a ‘Christian progressive’.

But if you believe that God not only knows the future, but recorded it for us in advance, well, then you’re a nut.

In a recent email I received from Roger Oakland he rightly noted that the term Christian is beginning to mean different things to different people. To better understand this he wants to do a survey.

Christianity, and what it means to be a Christian has a number of different meanings for those who profess to be Christian. Also there have been many changes that have been accepted over the past several decades. For this reason, Understand The Times is doing a brief survey in an attempt to find out what views Christians accept or do not accept.
This survey is for pastors, church leaders and anyone who attends church on a regular basis. We are not asking for anyone’s name or e-mail address. All we ask is that you answer the questions we have asked (yes or no) and identify whether you are a pastor, leader or church member. Also, please let us know what church you attend, for example, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Assemblies of God, Calvary Chapel, Missionary Alliance etc.

Here’s the survey from Roger Oakland’s site.

I wonder how many more nutter’s will fill out Roger’s survey???

A quick post to let you know that I have found a site called Lark News which is Christian satire and I have added them to my blogroll, you might want to check them out.

Here are some examples of products that you can buy from their store…

And talk about worship…

• Pastor’s wife insists she is called to interpretive dance

SPRING HILL, Fla. — After taking time off recently due to ministry burn-out, pastor’s wife Julie Torrey returned to her church with a new passion: interpretive dance. Though her husband and some in the congregation have yet to fully embrace her new ministry, she is committed to “communicating the gospel in the beautiful language of dance and movement.”

“My dance interpretations are as important as the sermon itself,” Julie says. “They speak to people in a unique way.”
But husband and pastor Ed Torrey appears to have only grudgingly accepted his wife’s new calling. He allows her to take the platform after his sermons to give a dance interpretation of what he just preached about. Her quasi-ballet movements, sashays and twirls have become a regular, if not especially beloved, feature of each service. People note that Pastor Ed often flips through his sermon notes or bulletin while his wife weaves around the stage.
“You can tell he’s not a big fan of dance,” says one church member.
But Julie won’t hear any demurrals.
“I quit college so he could follow his ministry calling,” she says. “Now it’s my turn.”
Some now believe Ed is preaching on increasingly difficult topics to try to throw Julie off. He just finished a long series on the Trinity, a mini-series on tithing and is starting a new one he calls a “complex theological study of eschatology.”
“It’s like he’s throwing down the gauntlet and saying, ‘Interpret that,’” says one member.

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